PCEF Options History — August 2023

In August 2023, PCEF traded between $17.56 and $18.36. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.1%, placing in the 12.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 12.0% (HV 20d: 8.1%). Max pain ranged from $15.00 to $19.00. Net GEX was positive for 6 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.00.

Notable Days

  • 2023-08-15: Highest Volume — 2 contracts
  • 2023-08-16: Largest IV spike — 81.1% change
  • 2023-08-01: Highest IV Rank — 33.5%
  • 2023-08-01: Largest Expected Move — 12.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$17.95$17.56$18.36$18.36$17.91
Max Pain$17.10$15.00$19.00$15.00$19.00
ATM IV20.1%9.3%42.0%42.0%10.3%
Expected Move5.3%2.7%12.1%12.1%2.9%
HV 20d8.1%7.0%9.2%8.7%8.6%
HV 60d8.3%8.1%8.5%8.5%8.3%
IV Rank12.2%1.7%33.5%33.5%2.6%
IV Percentile24.2%1.2%77.0%77.0%2.4%
Term Structure-0.4%-15.0%16.9%-13.5%-1.8%
VWIV20.5%16.8%24.2%24.2%16.8%
Skew 25d18.2%0.2%31.3%30.5%22.2%
Skew 10d25.7%-0.1%46.6%12.9%32.5%
Call IV 25d10.3%7.7%14.8%11.2%10.5%
Put IV 25d28.5%9.2%43.0%41.8%32.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %148.46115.47161.18161.18146.59
Gamma HHI0.470.261.000.470.54
Net GEX-211-776103103-525
Net DEX3.5K-5027.4K-5025.6K
Net VEX-16-21-11-20-17
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.000.000.000.000.00
Total Volume0.3910201
Total OI16.69615191518

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2023-08-01$18.36$0.0042.0%12.1%8.7%33.5%0.0%30.5%-13.5%103-502-200.00161.18N/AN/A0069
2023-08-02$18.21$0.0031.2%8.9%9.2%23.0%0.0%22.1%-14.4%6410-210.00160.51N/AN/A0069
2023-08-03$18.11$15.0028.1%8.5%8.3%20.0%0.0%18.6%-7.0%73485-170.00154.56N/AN/A0069
2023-08-04$18.13$15.0031.8%8.4%8.2%23.5%0.0%26.3%-7.2%101499-180.00153.93N/AN/A0069
2023-08-07$18.21$15.0035.6%5.0%8.1%27.3%0.0%14.8%-8.7%291.1K-140.00150.57N/AN/A0069
2023-08-08$18.21$15.0036.3%5.3%8.1%28.0%0.0%5.5%-8.5%-1611.7K-110.00147.76N/AN/A0069
2023-08-09$18.20$15.0017.4%5.0%7.4%9.5%0.0%14.1%-8.3%81.2K-130.00150.89N/AN/A0169
2023-08-10$18.19$15.0017.6%5.1%7.2%9.8%0.0%13.5%-8.7%-402.8K-140.00149.94N/AN/A00610
2023-08-11$18.17$15.0017.9%5.1%7.1%10.1%0.0%10.6%-9.8%-512.9K-140.00149.75N/AN/A00610
2023-08-14$18.16$15.0018.1%5.2%7.0%10.3%0.0%9.8%-9.3%-642.6K-130.00150.57N/AN/A00610
2023-08-15$18.03$15.0017.9%5.1%7.3%10.1%0.0%12.2%-10.0%-923.1K-130.00150.08N/AN/A20610
2023-08-16$17.91$15.0032.5%9.3%7.5%24.3%24.2%20.4%-15.0%-252.4K-160.00141.04N/AN/A02610
2023-08-17$17.75$19.0012.6%3.6%7.9%4.9%16.8%18.8%6.8%-2406.2K-180.00139.96N/AN/A01612
2023-08-18$17.77$19.0012.9%3.7%7.9%5.2%0.0%27.8%16.7%-3197.4K-200.00147.38N/AN/A02613
2023-08-21$17.59$19.0013.5%3.9%7.9%5.8%0.0%30.2%16.9%-2865.6K-200.00157.10N/AN/A00612
2023-08-22$17.56$19.009.3%2.7%7.9%1.7%0.0%0.2%-3.6%-7045.6K-150.00122.69N/AN/A00612
2023-08-23$17.71$19.0012.2%3.5%8.6%4.6%0.0%12.7%11.8%-3735.7K-190.00156.98N/AN/A00612
2023-08-24$17.58$19.0014.4%4.1%8.8%6.6%0.0%31.3%15.4%-2945.7K-200.00156.34N/AN/A00612
2023-08-25$17.66$19.0013.4%3.8%8.3%5.7%0.0%30.1%15.6%-3235.7K-190.00156.41N/AN/A00612
2023-08-28$17.68$19.0012.9%3.7%8.0%5.2%0.0%21.7%11.5%-4285.7K-180.00149.09N/AN/A00612
2023-08-29$17.86$19.0012.0%3.4%9.1%4.4%0.0%1.8%10.5%-7764.6K-120.00115.47N/AN/A00612
2023-08-30$17.88$19.0011.6%3.3%8.7%3.9%0.0%23.5%10.5%-5285.4K-170.00145.79N/AN/A00612
2023-08-31$17.91$19.0010.3%2.9%8.6%2.6%0.0%22.2%-1.8%-5255.6K-170.00146.59N/AN/A01612